Jeremy Okai Davis

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Resort (Chowan Beach), 2024
acrylic on canvas
54 x 42"

Cake Walk (Bert & George), 2024
acrylic on canvas
54 x 42"

Butterfly McQueen, 2024
acrylic on panel
30 x 24"

Wink (Jimmy Winkfield), 2022
acrylic on canvas
84 x 72"

Summit, 2022
acrylic on canvas
70 x 62"

Sepia (Dorothy Dandridge), 2022
acrylic on canvas
28 x 20"

Whirlaway l (Junius Kellogg), 2021
acrylic on canvas
48 x 30"

Black Wood (Marlene Fitzhugh), 2020
acrylic and stickers on canvas wrapped panel
24 x 24"

BIO

Jeremy Okai Davis (b. Charlotte, NC) received a BFA in painting from the University of North Carolina in Charlotte, NC. Davis relocated to Portland, OR in 2007 where he has continued his studio practice in addition to working as a graphic designer and illustrator. His work has been shown nationally at the Studio Museum of Harlem (New York, NY), THIS Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA), Wa Na Wari (Seattle, WA) and The Rotating Art Program at Portland International Airport (Portland, OR). Davis's work resides in the Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center at Oregon State University and the University of Oregon's permanent collection. Elizabeth Leach Gallery began representing Jeremy Okai Davis in 2019.

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